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Tag Archives: randomness
Regeneration
Regenerative distributions on number partitions Earlier this week, my new colleague Sasha Gnedin gave a talk on “Regenerative Combinatorial Structures”. Regeneration is what certain newts do: if they lose their tail, a limb, or even an eye, they grow a … Continue reading
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Tagged Anatoly Vershik, integer partitions, randomness, Sasha Gnedin, triangle-gree graphs
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Does randomness exist?
Probability and randomness has proved to be a popular and controversial topic on this blog. So I am pleased to introduce a guest post by Barbara Jolie, whose by-line occurs at the end of the piece, musing on the question … Continue reading
